For all Caravelas’ attractions, there’s no doubt that the main reason people come here is to see the extraordinary profusion of marine and bird life in the Parque Nacional Marinho dos Abrolhos. The park consists of an archipelago of five islands lying 52km offshore. Among the clear waters and coral reefs you can see […]

On the banks of the Rio Caravelas, in the extreme south of Bahia, lies CARAVELAS, an attractive, unpretentious colonial town that makes an ideal farewell or introduction to Bahia. Founded in 1503, it became an important trading centre in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Today both the town and its nearby beach are – […]